Tomorrow is forecast to be nearly the same temperature as today.
Forecast for Randolph
Updated: 9:18 PM CDT on May 9, 2008
Rest of Tonight
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe late in the afternoon. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
Showers and thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds 10 to 15 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of rain 90 percent.
Sunday
Windy. Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers in the morning...then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to near 35 mph.
... A significant severe weather outbreak is possible across parts of the mid-south Saturday afternoon and Saturday night...
Low pressure will develop over the Southern Plains on Saturday and move into the middle Mississippi Valley Saturday night... while a warm front will surge north into the mid-south. This will bring a warm... moist... and unstable airmass into the region ahead of a strong cold front approaching from the west.
Severe thunderstorms will develop ahead of the cold front Saturday afternoon and evening. An additional line of severe thunderstorms will likely develop along and immediately ahead of the cold front as it moves across the area Saturday night.
The main threats will be damaging winds... large hail... and tornadoes. There is potential for a few strong tornadoes.
Locations along and south of a Jonesboro Arkansas to Jackson Tennessee line have the best chance for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes where a moderate risk is in effect.
The best time frame for severe weather will be between 1 PM CDT Saturday afternoon and 3 am CDT early Sunday morning.
Mid-southerners should pay close attention to latest weather information concerning this developing severe weather event.
